Nigeria can host Commonwealth Games — Sharad Rao

Representative of the Commonwealth Games Federation and a member of the Glasgow 2014 Queens’ Baton Relay team to Nigeria, Sharad Rao says Nigeria has the facilities to host the Commonwealth Games if given the second opportunity to bid for it.

Speaking during the team’s recent visit to Nigeria with the Queens Baton, Rao confirmed that the Commonwealth Games Federation will give Nigeria the necessary support to host the subsequent Games of the Commonwealth.

“Nigeria has all the facilities here, we have seen most of it before when Abuja was bidding and we went to the Game’s village where all the 70 countries and athlete can get together and mix”

“There are also the facilities like the swimming pool, the stadium Gymnasium etc which Nigeria has already gotten in place.”